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CD Reviews: Dawn Lambeth, “Let’s Get Lost”
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Posted by: editoron Friday, April 04, 2008 - 08:39 AM |
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By: Edward Blanco
Jazz vocalist Dawn Lambeth specializes in singing the music of early swing jazz period and can be booked with the Usonia Jazz Band for professional outings from Paso Robles, California. With “Let’s Get Lost,” Lambeth features popular songs of the Great American Songbook from the early Swing era, singing the music of such legendary composers as George and Ira Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, the Rodgers and Hart combo and many more. Altogether there are eighteen old time classics totaling 74 minutes plus of music.
This is clearly a special album that will appeal to audiences who can appreciate the classic swing music of a romantic by gone era with a perceived innocents not found in today’s modern music. Lambeth, described as having a “dark-toned alto” voice, is actually quite charming here and provides new reads on some very old and oft heard standards. She’s a graceful singer whose cool approach serves her well here. From Frank Loesser’s title song to Rodgers and Hart’s “Blue Room,” the repertoire includes “If You Were Mine,” “C’est Si Bon,” “They Can’t Take That Away from Me,” “It Could Happen To You,” “I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues” and “Let’s Misbehave” just to name a few.
The Lady is joined here by a light eight-man ensemble featuring drummer Jeff Hamilton, who also plays piano here, saxophonist John Smith, clarinetist Bob Reitmeier, the father and son team of Dave and Marc Caparone, Chris Dawson on the piano and rounding out the rhythm section, John Reynolds on guitar and Clint Baker on bass.
If renditions of early jazz and swing music are something that you enjoy, then Dawn Lambeth’s “Let’s Get Lost” will take you on a lovely journey to the music of the past and the foundations of jazz.
Year: 2008
Label: Self Published
Artist Web: www.dawnlambeth.com
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